Does the seed size/number trade‐off model determine plant community structure? An assessment of the model mechanisms and their generality

By M. Leishman. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Moles
2. M. Westoby
3. S. Lavorel
4. O. Eriksson
5. J. Lepš
6. Francesco de Bello
7. Eric Garnier
8. K. Thompson

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. S. Lavorel
2. A. Moles
3. M. Westoby
4. Francesco de Bello
5. R. Pakeman
6. J. Lepš
7. Eric Garnier
8. O. Eriksson

In Plant Science

1. A. Moles
2. M. Westoby
3. O. Eriksson
4. Juli G. Pausas
5. S. Lavorel
6. K. Thompson
7. M. Leishman
8. Lonnie W. Aarssen

Citations in the corpus

• Seed mass and the competition/colonization trade‐off: competitive interactions and spatial patterns in a guild of annual plants (2004, background): “Other authors have concluded that a seed size/ seed number trade-off is unlikely to be the main determinant of community structure in other annual systems (Leishman 2001; Coomes et al. 2002a; Coomes & Grubb 2003).”
• The Evolutionary ecology of seed size (2000, background): “ties, but Leishman (2001) found the oppo-”
• Effects of seed size on dispersal distance in five rodent-dispersed fagaceous species (2005, background): “, 2002; Paz and Martlnez-Ramos, 2003), and plant communities (e.g. Eriksson and Jakobsson, 1999; Leishman, 2001).”
• Small‐seeded species produce more seeds per square metre of canopy per year, but not per individual per lifetime (2004, background): “1999; Leishman 2001).”
• Latitude, seed predation and seed mass (2003, background): “Seedlings from large-seeded species have been shown to be stronger competitors than seedlings from small-seeded species (Leishman, 2001), and are better at tolerating a wide range of environmental stresses, such as prolonged periods in deep shade, herbivory and nutrient deprivation (reviewed in Leis”
• Colonization, tolerance, competition and seed-size variation within functional groups (2003, background): “simulations [65]. Leishman [ 10 ] sowed mixtures of chalk grassland species into trays.”
• Plant persistence traits in fire-prone ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin: a phylogenetic approach (2005, background): “For plant persistence, nonresprouters should invest in numerous offspring and, consequently, the reproductive tradeoff suggests that they should allocate less resources per propagule unit (Smith and Fretwell 1974, Harper 1977, Keeley and Zedler 1977, Leishman 2001, Lamont and Wiens 2003).”
• Seed Size as Key Factor in Germination and Seedling Development of Copaifera langsdorffii (Fabaceae) (2014, background): “Variation in seed size is an important area of plant ecology because seed size can directly affect the processes of germination and seedling recruitment, influencing the plant performance under different environmental [23] [24].”
• Factors explaining alien plant invasion success in a tropical ecosystem differ at each stage of invasion (2009, background): “This result may reflect that species producing smaller, more numerous seeds per fruit may have greater powers of colonization and spread (Leishman 2001).”
• Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use (2008, background): “2000) and confer a competitive advantage on seedlings competing with other seedlings (Leishman 2001) and existing plants (Black 1958).”
• Dispersion of traits related to competitive ability in an old‐field plant community (2007, background): “…may enjoy an advantage in competing for germination sites against smaller seeded species (e.g. Moles & Westoby 2002; Turnbull et al. 2005), while smaller seeded species may have an increased probability of reaching potential sites as a result of a seed size-number trade-off (but see Leishman 2001).”
• Seed size and plant strategy across the whole life cycle (2006, background): “…and Westoby 1994a), drought (Leishman and Westoby 1994b, early-stage seedlings only), competition from other seedlings (Turnbull et al. 1999, Leishman 2001), defoliation (Armstrong and Westoby 1993, Harms and Dalling 1997) and Accepted 2 September 2005 Copyright # OIKOS 2006 ISSN…”
• The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life‐history traits of the Northwest European flora (2008, background): “2002) Woodiness, stem specific density Growth rate, investment in supporting structure (Ryser 1996) Clonal growth organs, persistence of connection between parent and offspring shoots, number of offspring shoots per parent shoot per year, lateral spread Competitive ability, persistence, clonal integ”
• Experimental test of the impacts of feral hogs on forest dynamics and processes in the southeastern US (2009, unknown): “Second, since seed number and seed size are often negatively correlated (Leishman, 2001), large-seeded species may be more sensitive to seed consumption simply because they are more limited by seed input in the absence of hogs.”